LEARN ABOUT MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL

What is Mountaintop Removal ?
Through iLoveMountains.org, members of the Alliance for Appalachia have come together to use cutting edge technology to inform and involve Americans in their efforts to save mountain and communities.

My Connection. Learn how you are connected to Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
If your home or business is on the electric grid, chances are you are connected to mountaintop removal in the Appalachian Mountains. Find out how, and then find out what you can do about it.

Lessons from Dr. James Hansen
Hansen is best known for his research in the field of climatology, his testimony on climate change to congressional committees in 1988 that helped raise broad awareness of global warming, and his advocacy of action to limit the impacts of climate change. He recently published Storms of My Grandchildren.


MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL ACTION ORGANIZATIONS
Coal River Mountain Watch
The mission of Coal River Mountain Watch is to stop the destruction of our communities and environment by mountaintop removal mining, to improve the quality of life in our area and to help rebuild sustainable communities.

Appalachian Voices
Appalachian Voices brings people together to solve the environmental problems having the greatest impact on the central and southern Appalachian Mountains.

Mountain Justice
Mountain Justice seeks to add to the growing anti-MTR citizens movement. Specifically Mountain Justice demands an abolition of MTR, steep slope strip mining and all other forms of surface mining for coal.

Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
The mission of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition is to organize and maintain a diverse grassroots organization dedicated to the improvement and preservation of the environment through education, grassroots organizing and coalition building, leadership development and media outreach.

Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
KFTC is about people working together to correct things that are wrong, correct injustices and make a better world. It’s about people finding their own voice.

Natural Resources Defense Council
NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action group, combining the grassroots power of 1.3 million members and online activists with the courtroom clout and expertise of more than 350 lawyers, scientists and other professionals.

Rainforest Action Network
RAN believes that a sustainable world can be created in our lifetime, and that aggressive action must be taken immediately to leave a safe and secure world for our children.

Climate Ground Zero -
Climate Ground Zero started out as a campaign against oil and tar sands in Montana and Canada. Upon requests by local activists working to end mountaintop removal coal mining, Climate Ground Zero moved to Rock Creek, West Virginia.


CLIMATE CHANGE
1Sky
1Sky's goal is to build a diverse, society-wide mobilization that will convince our federal government to take bold action on climate change.

350.org
350.org is an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis--the solutions that science and justice demand.

Climate Solutions
Climate Solutions mission is to accelerate practical and profitable solutions to global warming by galvanizing leadership, growing investment and bridging divides.


FRIENDS AND ALLIES

Studio Blu Productions
Carrie Pratt of Studio Blu has graciously donated the design and development of the A Thousand Little Cuts web experience.

From the Heart Productions
In 2009, A Thousand Little Cuts was the recipient of the Roy W. Dean New York Film Grant, sponsored by From the Heart Productions. The grant's administrator, Carole Dean,

Author, Jeff Biggers
Author of Reckoning at Eagle Creek, The United States of Appalachia and In the Sierra Madre, Jeff Biggers has worked as a writer, educator, and radio correspondent across the United States, Europe, India, and Mexico.

Journey Up Coal River
Journey Up Coal River is an interactive mapping project that combines music, audio, photography and the written word to tell the story of the Coal River Valley, W.Va.

Still Moving Mountains
A unique combination of music, visuals, and community involvement, "Still Moving Mountains: The Journey Home" unleashes the passion and urgency empowering the movement against mountaintop removal at this critical moment. The album includes all facets of the movement for justice and progress in Central Appalachia.

Yale Environment 360s
Yale Environment 360 is a publication of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.